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Stories from history that we teach in class today, but were swept under the rug back in the day.

Welcome

2 FEB 2021 · Mr. Mathews and Mr. Montanaro share their inspiration for making a history podcast to share with our school community.

2m 30s
Scramble for Africa

3 FEB 2021 · The reverberations of an 1884 meeting in which the European powers divided up the entire continent of Africa for colonization and exploitation.

15m 33s
From Wilson to Wells

4 FEB 2021 · Mathews and Montanaro contrast the lives and impacts of Woodrow Wilson and Ida B. Wells-Barnett and discuss the reasons why our school recently changed its name.

13m 58s
Believe, Obey, Fight

15 MAR 2021 · Lessons and warning signs from post-WWI conspiracy theories and the rise of fascism.

21m 32s
1969 Occupation of Alcatraz, Part 1

28 MAY 2021 · Part one of a two-part series on the 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz Island by the Indians of All Tribes: honoring and reclaiming the erased history of Native American nations and cultures; examining the origin and impact of European settler colonialism in North America

23m 2s
1969 Occupation of Alcatraz, Part 2

28 MAY 2021 · Conclusion of our two-part series on the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island by the Indians of All Tribes: the tipping point for the modern Native American resistance movement in the United States.

24m 1s